III. 完形填空
All over the world people enjoy sports. Sports help people to (37)_______ healthy and happy, and to live longer.
Many people like to watch others (38)_______ games. They buy tickets or (39)______ their TV sets to watch the games.
Sports change (40)_______ the seasons. People play different games in winter and summer. Swimming is (41)________ in warm weather, but skating is good in winter.
Games and sports often grow from people’s work and everyday activities(活動). The Arabs use horses or camels(駱駝) in much of their everyday life. They use them in their sports, too. It is the same (42)_______ people in Xingjiang and Inner Mongolia (內(nèi)蒙古). Millions of people hunt and fish (43)________ a living, but hunting and fishing are very good sports too.
Sports are so interesting (44)_________ people everywhere like them. Football, (45)_______, has spread (46)________ the world. Swimming is popular in all countries near the sea or in those (47)________ many rivers. What fun it is to jump into a pool or lake, whether in China, Egypt or India! And think of the people in cold countries. Some sports or games go back (48)_________ of years, (49)_________ running or jumping. Chinese wushu, for example, has a long history. But basketball and football are rather new. (50)_________one is a hundred years old yet. People from different countries may not be able to understand each other, but (51)__________ playing a game together they often become good friends.
37. A. get           B. turn          C. keep        D. develop
38. A. played        B. to play         C. playing         D. play
39. A. turn          B. turn on         C. turn down       D. turn around
40. A. from         B. in              C. into            D. with
41. A. fun          B. excite          C. funny          D. excited
42. A. with         B. as             C. to              D. from
43. A. because of    B. for            C. out of           D. from
44. A. as          B. when          C. that             D. which
45. A. however      B. for example     C. also            D. too
46. A. to           B. around         C. on              D. about
47. A. near          B. from          C. in              D. with
48. A. thousand      B. a thousand     C. thousands        D. several thousand
49. A. as            B. such          C. so              D. such as
50. A. No           B. Neither        C. /               D. a
51. A. before        B. over           C. after           D. in

Nancy had just got a secretary’s job in a big company to work in the sales department. Monday was the first day that she went to work, so she was very 　35   . She got up very early and arrived at the office at twenty to eight. She   36　 the door open and found nobody there. “I am the first to arrive.” She thought and came to her desk   37  she was surprised to find a large bunch of flowers on it. They were   38  . She picked up the flowers from the desk and smelled them. “Oh, how lovely!” Nancy cried joyfully. She then   39  for a vase to put them in. “Somebody has sent me flowers the   40  first day!” She thought happily. “But who could it be?” She began to wonder.
The day passed very   41　 and Nancy did everything   42  great interest and enthusiasm. For the following days of the week, the first thing Nancy did was to change water for the flowers. And then she __ 43　 herself in her work.
Then came another Monday. When she came near her desk, she was overjoyed to see a new bunch of flowers there. She quickly put them in the vase, replacing the old ones. The same thing happened again the next Monday. Nancy felt it strange and this time she began to think of ways to find out the 　44　.
On Tuesday afternoon, she was sent to   45　a plan to the general manager's office. She had to stay for a while at his secretary's desk   46  his directives. She happened to see on the desk a big notebook 　47  with “Records of managers' meetings”, and   48  the half-opened pages. Suddenly her eyes fell on these words, “In order to keep the secretaries in high spirits, the company       49   that every Monday morning a bunch of fresh flowers should be sent to each secretary's desk.”
Later, she was told that their general manager was a wise man with the Bachelor of Psychology in Business.

—What do you think of the film Avatar?
—It________be better.I even want to see it twice.

第二節(jié)：完形填空 (共20小題；每小題1.5分，滿分30分)
請認(rèn)真閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，從每題所給的A、B、C、D四個選項中，選出最佳選項，并在答題紙上將該項涂黑。
A year ago I paid no attention to English idioms,  36_my teacher said again and again that it was important．
One day, I happened to  37  an Englishman, on the road, and soon we began to  38 ． As I was talking about how I was studying English, the foreigner shook his head, saying, “You don’t say! You don’t say!”  I was  39  , I thought, perhaps this is not a  40  topic. Well, I’d  41  change the topic． So I said to him, “Well, shall we talk about the Great Wall?  42 _ the way, have you ever   43  there?”
“Certainly, everyone back home will  44   me if I leave China without seeing  45 . It was great．” I said, “The Great Wall is one of the wonders in the world． It is a place of   46 ．” Soon I was interrupted again by his words, “  47  !” I couldn’t  48  asking, “Why do you ask me not to talk about it?” “Well, I didn’t ask you to do  49  ”, he answered, gently surprised．
I said, “Didn’t you say ‘You don’t say’?”
Hearing this, theEnglishman  50   to tears. He began to  51 , “‘You don’t say’ actually means ‘really?’. It is an  52  of surprise. Perhaps you don’t pay attention  53  English idioms．”
Then I knew I had made fool of   54 ． Since then I have been more  55  with idioms．
36．A．though       B．when              C．if                D． as
37．A．look         B．meet               C．pick up           D． find out
38．A．walk        B．talk                C．play              D． go
39．A．pleased       B．a(chǎn)ngry                 C．a(chǎn)fraid             D． surprised
40．A．proper       B．strange             C．safe               D． polite
41．A．to           B．better                 C．not               D． like
42．A．On          B．In                C．All               D． By
43．A．gone         B．visited             C．seen             D． been
44．A．look at       B．think of          C．send for           D． laugh at
45．A．It           B．them           C．a(chǎn)nything          D． something
46．A．fun          B．interest          C．business            D． mountain
47．A．Really        B．Good              C．You don’ t say     D． You are right
48．A．be           B．help               C．think            D． do
49．A．this          B．so                C．a(chǎn)nything          D． me a favor
50．A．laughed      B．cried              C．moved            D． came
51．A．explain      B．shout              C．prove             D． say
52．A．experience    B．expression         C．explanation          D． example
53．A．for                B．to              C．a(chǎn)t                 D． in
54．A．me                B．myself             C．him               D． somebody
55．A．helpful       B．popular          C．careful            D． satisfied

三：完形填空 (共20小題, 每小題1.5分, 滿分30分)。
閱讀下面短文,從短文后所給各題的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中,選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項。
Nancy had just got a secretary's job in a big company to work in the sales department. Monday was the first day that she went to work, so she was very 26 . She got up very early and arrived at the 27  at twenty to eight. She pushed the door open and found 28  there. “I am the first to arrive.” She thought and came to her 29   . She was surprised to   30  a large bunch(束) of flowers on it. They were 31  . She picked the flowers from the desk and smelled them. “Oh, how lovely!” Nancy cried  32 . She then   33  for a vase to put them in. “Somebody has sent me flowers the  34　 first day!” She thought happily. “But who could it be?” She began to wonder.  The day passed very 35 and Nancy did everything  36 great interest and enthusiasm. For the following days of the week, the first thing Nancy did was to change water for the flowers. And then she 37 herself to her work. Then came another  38   . When she came near her desk she was overjoyed to see a new bunch of flowers there. She quickly put them in the vase,   39  the old ones. The same thing happened again the next Monday. Nancy felt it strange and this time she began to think of ways to  40   the sender.                       
On Tuesday afternoon, she was sent to  41  a plan to the general manager's office. She had to stay for a while at his secretary's desk  42 his directives. She happened to see on the desk a big notebook  43   with “Records of managers' meetings”, and  44   the half-opened pages. Suddenly her eyes fell on these words, “In order to keep the secretaries in high spirits, the company  45 that every Monday morning a bunch of fresh flowers should be sent to each secretary's desk .”                    Later, she was told that their general manager was a wise man with the Bachelor of Psychology in Business.
26. A. disappointed        B. excited          C. encouraged       D. surprised
27. A. office          B. workshop         C. classroom        D. bookshop
28. A. everybody       B. others           C. nobody         D. somebody
29. A. room            B. desk           C. seat            D. place
30. A. pick            B. cover           C. smell            D. find
31. A. old              B. fresh             C. good             D. sweet
32. A. joyfully          B. tearfully        C. sadly                 D. repeatedly
33. A. looked up                  B. looked at         C. looked around    D. looked down
34. A. happy          B. very                 C. funny          D. quite
35. A. slowly           B. normally       C. quickly         D. hardly
36. A. at                    B. to               C. for             D. with
37. A. devoted         B. focused         C. buried          D. made
38. A. Sunday         B. Saturday             C. Monday        D. Tuesday
39. A. taking          B. took             C. replacing       D. replaced
40. A. find out         B. look down upon  C. catch hold of           D. understand
41. A. send for          B. hand out        C. try out          D. hand in
42.A. asking for        B. waiting for        C. looking for        D. searching for
43. A. said             B. given            C. used           D. marked
44. A. glanced at       B. stared at        C. glared  at       D. lookedat
45. A. has ordered       B. has demanded    C. has decided        D. has said